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The body's defense system literally eats invading pathogens during what response?
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Which of these is the human body's first line of defense against invading pathogens such as bacteria and viruses?
skin and mucous membranes
What is immune response?
An immune response is part of the body's defense against pathogens in which cells of the immune system react to each kind of pathogen with a defense targeted specifically toward that pathogen.
What body's continuing immune response and defense against pathogens it has seen before is known?
Active immunity
What disease does immune globulin treat?
There are many types of immunoglobulin within the body. They are part of the immune response which the body activates when a pathogen/bacteria/virus enters the body. The body responds by initiating an innate response in which pathogens are phagocytosed (literally eating) by defense cells. The immunoglobulins help recognise these pathogens and tell the body that they are a foreign material so they can be destroyed.
What organ is your first line of defense against pathogens?
The integumentary system (skin) and mucous membranes are the first line of defense. They provide a physical barrier against invasion of pathogens. Any break in this physical barrier, such as a cut, makes it easier for pathogens to enter your body.
What type of white blood cells kill pathogens by engulfing them?
Phagocyte
What is bodies second line of defense against pathogens?
the body's second line of defense against pathogens is the B cells.
System is your defense against pathogens?
immune
What are the 5 lines of defense against pathogens?
4
What defense target specific pathogens?
Lymphocytes
What of the human system is on defense against pathogens?
The immune system
The body's main defense against pathogens is the?
the body's second line of defense against pathogens is the B cells.
